Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed
German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar whose work has exerted a profound influence on Western philosophy and modern intellectual history.
Man is the cruelest animal
The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule
No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone
The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind
When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago
We have not invented courtesy in order to showoff the goodness that does not exist in ourselves.
The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all
Democracy is in the blood of the Muslims, who look upon complete equality of mankind, and believe in fraternity, equality, and liberty
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar
The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn
Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom
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